The next frontier of digital creativity is here with Adobe Substance 3D, the cutting-edge suite explicitly designed for creators who want to continue pushing the boundaries of art. Adobe Substance 3D is where texture, design, and 3D rendering meet. With one sign-up, you could be transforming photos from your camera phone into lifelike 3D models or painting with dynamic brushes that allow you to build up new realities in seconds.
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In this article, we will explain how this revolutionary software works. You can download any Substance 3D app and try it for 30 days for free. Substance 3D is also included in Creative Cloud for Education Plans for higher education colleges and universities at no cost.
Introducing Adobe Substance 3D
Working with Adobe Substance is an immersive experience that will alter everything creators know about the design process. Understanding and mastering the tools of an ever-changing era is crucial for educators and students in graphics, arts, and design. Adobe Substance 3D will help you achieve just that. This software suite will change how you work with materials to realise your artistic vision. In the following sections, we’ll explain how the different modules in Adobe Substance 3D work.
Substance 3D Painter
With the Substance 3D Painter, you can modernise your texturing process with advanced brushes and smart materials. How? Let’s say you have a digital image of a car. Altering it in a substantial way that remained lifelike may have been a challenge in the past. Not anymore. Perhaps you want to give the car a rusty look; you can do this with a single layer change in Substance 3D. Maybe you want to spatter the car in mud, again you can do this with one quick command.
Substance 3D records every action and stroke and can be recomputed at any time. Modify paint strokes or even change resolution anytime without losing any work. You can achieve anything from photorealistic details to the most avant-garde styles. Its non-destructive nature ensures that every action can be modified, giving you endless opportunities to re-imagine the same image.
Substance 3D Sampler
Substance 3D Sampler is another powerful tool. Remember our example of the car picture? What if you wanted to do something radical with it, like turn it into a wood or concrete car? With Substance 3D Sampler, you can easily convert real-life pictures into detailed 3D assets.
Import photos and digitise and enrich them with Substance 3D Sampler’s advanced photogrammetry capabilities. Through Adobe’s open ecosystem, you can seamlessly integrate any assets in Sampler with other apps like Stager and Painter, which we will introduce in the following sections. You can combine and mix materials. You can also blend materials with filters to create advanced surfaces.
Substance 3D Designer
Imagine you were a set creator or even a student working on a class project. The task is to create an imaginary planet. With Substance 3D Designer, you can start the project with a blank white orb. From there, you can use Substance 3D Designer to enhance the orb with any effect you can imagine – rock formations, foliage, craters, and water features.
Substance 3D Designer offers a node-based workflow that transforms your ideas into intricate designs. Its Academy Award-winning technology allows you to create endless combinations, generate unique patterns, and utilise its vast content library to jumpstart your projects or learn from the best in the industry.
The best part is that creating non-destructively means you can build and break down any concept on the screen without wasting time and resources doing it in the real world. Then, once you are done, you can easily send your materials and filters to other Substance 3D apps.
Substance 3D Modeler
Sculpting in 3D is now as intuitive as drawing on paper. Substance 3D Modeler brings the flexibility and power of 3D sculpting software, letting you focus on creativity while handling technical nuances like UV management.
Whether you’re designing a toy car in VR or a treehouse on your desktop, Modeler provides the tools to make your vision come alive. Whether sculpting something simple or complex, a single lamp post or an entire cityscape — Modeler has everything you need to create original 3D models.
Substance 3D Modeler makes modelling in 3D as gestural and natural as drawing. Imagine making a set of earthenware bowls on the screen, using 3D Modeler to sculpt with digital clay.
Substance 3D Stager
Have you ever dreamt of a studio where you can set up the perfect shot without the constraints of the real world? Substance 3D Stager lets you assemble 3D scenes with ease. Let’s say you wanted to create a vision board of all the places you wanted to visit on your bucket list. You can seamlessly create an imaginary city featuring the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House, and the London Eye in one harmonious image—with you at the centre!
Perhaps you are a food photographer who wants to place the image of a killer chocolate cake on a tabletop in various kitchens; you can refine and adjust your composition in real-time. With an extensive resource network and seamless integration with Creative Cloud apps like Illustrator and Photoshop, you can view changes instantly, resulting in a smooth and interactive design process.
The bottom line
Adobe Substance 3D is for creators who refuse to be limited by yesterday’s software. Its intuitive interface and unparalleled texturing and modelling capabilities allow you to push boundaries and redefine what’s possible.
You can explore new frontiers in design and reshape the academic landscape by integrating modern tools and techniques. With Adobe Substance 3D, you’re not just learning software but embracing the future of design. For institutions still clinging to outdated methods, it’s time to modernise. Inspire your students to push boundaries, innovate, and create like never before.
